At Scripting News, pioneering podcaster Dave Winer is highlighting a service from BlogTalkRadio that makes podcasting a no-brainer: A new service from BlogTalkRadio… Call their special phone number: 646-200-0000. It records the call. When you’re done it creates an RSS 2.0 feed with an enclosure that’s an MP3 of the call. The address of the […]

Apple yesterday released the delayed “Take Two” interface for Apple TV. We’ve gone through the update process and tested it out, and here’s our thoughts on the new functionality and interface, with an emphasis on social media. The update process is painless. Navigate to Settings and choose Update Software, and Apple TV will take care […]

Looks like a normal alarm clock, right? Look closer, though – it’s an MP3 retro-style alarm clock. Open up the back and it’s got a USB cable to hook into your computer: The Thanko USB Retro MP3 Alarm Clock is officially compatible with Windows 2000/XP. No Mac support is mentioned. Compatible Sound Source: WAV/MP3 (up […]

When Microsoft introduced the 2nd generation Zune portable media players last fall, it was clear that they’d done a lot to catch up with Apple’s iPods. If Amazon’s sales are any indicator, though, Microsoft’s 2nd Zune sales have tanked since their introduction. Apple’s iPods continue to dominate the list of top MP3 players at Amazon, […]

During Amazon’s Q4 2007 earnings call on January 30th, CEO Jeff Bezos had some interesting remarks about sales of the company’s Kindle portable book reader: Kindle is, in terms of demand, outpacing our expectations, which is certainly something that we are very grateful for. It’s also on the manufacturing side causing us to scramble. We’re […]

A new report refutes claims that portable music players, such as Apple’s iPod, interfere with cardiac pacemakers. Howard Bassen, a researcher with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Rockville, Md., led a research team that measured the magnetic fields produced by four different iPod models: a fourth-generation iPod and an iPod with video, and […]

Alberto Frias Transport “perceptual pod” isn’t like other iPod accessories: The Transport is a $16,000 composite fiberglass waterbed pod; It is handmade & numbered for authenticity; It has a built-in full-spectrum LED lighting system; It has a remote control so that you can control the built-in sound system and lighting effects; and, best of all… […]

The net is abuzz with talk today about Qtrax, another service that promises free ad-supported music. The Qtrax service offers to let you use an ad-supported program to search for and download DRM’d music that you can play on a PC and on some media players. Unfortunately, it looks like Qtrax will be as dead […]

The Super Boom Box is a $1,895, built-to-order tank of a boom box that plays radio, CDs & MP3s. Here are the specs: Play music from AM, FM, CD, or a USB Flash Drive source. Up to 65 hours of unique music can be stored on a 4GB Flash Drive (based on our benchmark tests, […]

YouTube is getting serious about mobilecasting, expanding its mobile service to include virtually all of the videos available on its Web site. Starting today, people with current generation mobile phones can watch tens of millions of YouTube videos. YouTube also is providing mobile access to many of the same features that have become staples of […]